Baltimore Business Journal — New study shows 4.1M jobs will head offshore by 2008
Eastbay Business Times — Bankers again thwart Wal-Mart’s financial moves
Philadelphia Business Journal — Penn. becomes latest state to give employers immunity for job reference checks
Triangle Business Journal — Fewer students majoring in computer science industry could lead to labor shortage
The Heartland Institute has a review of The Solar Fraud: Why Solar Energy Won’t Run the World by Howard Hayden. “For decades, there have been delirious proclamations that the world would soon run on solar energy. Those statements always have sounded too good to be true … and, sure enough, they always have been false.”
Book and review also looks at how wind power and hydrogen won’t be the only answer either. Much of the push to alternative fuels lately is based on tax incentives rather than costs. “Hayden makes it clear that if wind were a viable power source, utilities would be champing at the bit to use it. Utilities use every technology available to cut their fuel costs; they would gladly use photovoltaic and wind turbines if they were economical.”
Authors contributing to a new essay collection on ‘writing in unreaderly times’ say the literary world is holding up well in today’s media-saturated culture. By Susannah Breslin. Wired News
NY Times: Shelby Foote, Historian and Novelist, Dies at 88. His three volumes are a pleasure to read.
NY Times: Know Your Numbers and Improve Your Odds
Atlanta Business Chronicle — CNN searches for its identity: It’s profitable and has the affluent viewers advertisers love, but some say the ever-changing news giant doesn’t know what it is
bizdemographics — Small towns become more appealing
Silicon Valley/San Jose — XM? Sirius? Radio is fighting back
Puget Sound Business Journal — Amazon at 10: Ten vital questions for the next decade
Christian Science Monitor: How the Web changes your reading habits.
Bizoutlook: Getting in on renewable energy act — “State and local governments are leading the push to renewable energy both as a means to save energy and to encourage economic development.”
Also NY Times: It’s Getting Cheaper to Tap the Sun
BusinessWeek — Media Centric: Net To Newspapers: Drop Dead — “Newspapers are cockroaches. But the Net’s starting to resemble Black Flag.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the use of eminent domain by private developers, without the need for public funding, will have both conservatives and liberals complaining.
Since the decision involved homeowners they may feel most threatened, but it will probably be businesses who will feel the impact of the ruling more. Those small businesses on the edge of a developing area or even businesses that governments no longer want around, such as junkyards, motels, adult sites, etc. could be threatened. Also in local government’s excitement to build certain projects, such as stadiums or enticing a trophy corporate relocation., they may be very willing to clear out a little extra space.
Also Christian Science Monitor: Court widens scope of property seizure.